“That was the biggest shock for me, to see us pulling away. It just looks
unreal – in the car it feels awesome.”
Hamilton and Rosberg met on Thursday night to discuss their rules of
engagement, and given this is the circuit where the German first won in
2012, it promises to be another close fight. The Briton trails by 11 points
in the championship despite winning the last two races.
Ferrari, whose new team principal, Marco Mattiacci, at his first race
yesterday promised to bring humility and hard work to the team, appear to be
in much better contention here than they were two weeks ago in Bahrain, when
Fernando Alonso sarcastically punched the air in delight at finishing a
distant ninth.
The Spaniard topped the morning session, while he split the Mercedes in the
afternoon. The Red Bulls finished the second session fourth and fifth, while
Button was eighth.